Hi all,
Thank you Lodewijk for the positive feedback. :-)
Apologies for not informing the community here. The India chapter will also
participate in the bid. Please find it here:
did consider many metropolitan cities like Mumbai and Delhi, but the
availability didn't actually work out. Goa worked out the best, as we felt
that it might be better to occupy every participant at a single place and
still at a competitive quote.
Hope the best one works out. Thank you!
Regards,
Karthik Nadar.
Secretary, Wikimedia India Chapter.
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>wrote;wrote:
I just wanted to mention I'm very positively
surprised by the Indian bid!
It seems at first glance that they are even cheaper than a Berlin
conference - totally unexpected :)
Lodewijk
2013/9/26 Jon Davies <jon.davies(a)wikimedia.org.uk>
thanks
On Sep 26, 2013 3:24 PM, "Nicole Ebber" <nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de>
wrote:
Hello again,
FYI: WMDE has just posted their bid to host Wikimedia Conference 2014.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference#App…
The deadline for the bidding process is approaching: 30 September is
the last day to enter your bid on Meta.
There are now 7 people on the location committee: Itzik (WMIL), Ilario
(WMCH/IT), Arnaugir (Amical), Osmar (WMAR) from the affiliations plus
Asaf (WMF), Bence (AffCom), Mike (FDC). Thanks to all of you to step
up for this important task!
After the comittee has decided about the hosting organisation (by 15
October) we should all continue with defining the goals and desired
outcomes and work on the programme together. Please feel invited to
provide your thoughts and input on Meta already – or volunteer to be
on the programme committee yourselves. :)
Cheers,
Nicole
On 20 September 2013 14:34, Bence Damokos <bdamokos(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The name "conference" doesn't mean
that it has to stick to the
traditional
> conference format.
> Indeed, one of the suggested discussion topics (both in general, and
for
> the actual programme committee) is to
consider different formats and
> approaches (e.g. using the event for capacity building workshops,
> leadership training for board members, etc.) – input, and volunteers
with
> good ideas for the programme committee would
be very welcome at
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference
Best regards,
Bence
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Balázs Viczián <
balazs.viczian(a)wikimedia.hu
>> wrote:
>
>> You;re still not getting my point so let me reword myself: I'm
debating
>
wheter specifically this event (in its current form, as it seemingly
lacks
>> general interest plus turns into a 'mini Wikimania') is the best way
for
> >> that what Jon says; no argument against wheter it is necessary or
not.
>>
>> Small, dedicated workshops are usually have more success and value
than
>> such general conferences. Also, I saw
many arguments that these
>> unscheduled, here-and-there advertised thematic meetups (paralel to
the
>> main body of the conference) were more
useful and fruitful than the
main
> >> body. A lot of guys holding 'important' positions are usually
missing
the
>> main body of the event at all due to these. Then why to stick to a
>> conference? Set up workshops: you may put them paralell if you want
for
> >> cost effectiveness. (for example 3 days, 6 workshops in two streams)
> >>
> >> Balazs
> >>
> >>
> >> 2013/9/20 Craig Franklin <cfranklin(a)halonetwork.net>
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > A few people asked me with varying degrees of seriousness about
this
> in
> >> > Hong Kong, so I'll just put this out there and say that Wikimedia
> >> Australia
> >> > will not be in a position to host this event in 2014.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Craig Franklin
> >> > President - Wikimedia Australia
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 16 September 2013 22:11, Nicole Ebber <
nicole.ebber(a)wikimedia.de
>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Dear Wikimedia friends,
> >> > >
> >> > > following up on the emails Asaf and I sent a few weeks ago, I
have
> now
> >> > > drafted the bidding process to decide upon the location for next
> >> > > year’s Wikimedia Conference. This event will not only host the
> annual
> >> > > Chapters’/Affiliates’ conference, but also the WMF board, FDC
and
> > > AffCom meetings and is meant to take
place in April 2014 (tbc).
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Future_of_the_Wikimedia_Conference#Bid…
> >> > >
> >> > > == LOCATION COMMITTEE ==
> >> > > I would like to see a small location committee (3
representatives
of
>> > > affiliates, 1 AffCom and 1
WMF) to decide about the hosting
chapter.
> >> > > Asaf and Bence already agreed upon joining the committee, and it
> would
> >> > > be nice to see someone from WMIT there, as they have the
freshest
>>
> > experience. So if you have severe experience with conference
>> > > organisation, please consider joining the committee now!
>> > >
>> > > == WANNA HOST WMCON 2014? ==
>> > > All chapters who are interested in organising the conference in
2014
> >> > > are invited to place a short bid on Meta. The bids should be
made
> > > until 30 September, a decision should be
available before 15
October.
>> > > The winning organisation will be responsible for all the
logistics,
> as
> >> > > in: venue, catering, travel and visa arrangements,
accommodation,
> >> > > technical equipment,
social events, communication with and
support
for
>> > > the participants, coordination with the programme committee and
the
> >> > > facilitators.
> >> > >
> >> > > I hope that if we can take the logistics and location for
granted,
> >> > > this will help us focus
on the content and sustainability of the
> >> > > event. I have written more about the programme part on Meta.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks to Asaf and Bence for giving their valuable input to the
> set-up
> >> > > of this process. Since WMDE has kind of a traditional interest
in
> >> > > having a good conference,
I am happy to take a leading role in
> >> > > organising this process. Any help is highly appreciated! I am
> looking
> >> > > forward to an exciting Wikimedia Conference 2014. \o/
> >> > >
> >> > > Nicole
> >> > >
> >> > >
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